Ethnography of things
A thought based on the Design Anthropology Futures Conference in Copenhagen (August 2015): Discussing the implications of the emerging Internet of Things for …
A thought based on the Design Anthropology Futures Conference in Copenhagen (August 2015): Discussing the implications of the emerging Internet of Things for …
What makes for an enjoyable and unique shopping experience?
As more consumers expect retail experiences that somehow go ‘beyond buying’ to offer a unique, personalised,…
On the 1st of September STBY is moving to Spring House, overlooking the newly regenerated IJ waterfront in Amsterdam, just behind the Central Station. Spring House…
The Dutch Government started a programme to make better use of the existing road infrastructure. Just adding more asphalt is not the best solution to solve accessibility…
An interesting article on the Nesta blog by Patrick Taylor this week got me thinking about measuring the impact of service design projects. This is a subject that …
Reading the news on the London tube strikes in The Guardian today, I burst out laughing about an update on an online survey that apparently got a 90% response in favour…
Bas Raijmakers co-authored an article about ‘Orchestration’ in the latest issue of CRISP magazine. “So many, you can’t get around …
As more and more organisations are discovering the merits of service design and design thinking, and they embark on a process of realigning their service offering…
Marie de Vos co-authored an article about ‘Embracing Complexity’ in CRISP magazine #5: “Product Service System development is hard, but pretending…
STBY was invited to contribute a chapter to the book 'Routledge Companion to Design Research', edited by Professor Paul Rodgers and Dr. Joyce Yee for Routledge, Taylor and Francis.....
‘Designing Relationships’ in the latest issue of CRISP was co-authored by Geke van Dijk: “As we move from mass-produced, one-size fits all …
Recently I co-organised the Masterclass “Effective Implementation of Innovative Product Service Systems”. The masterclass was dedicated to share and discuss…